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Factors Influencing Fundamental Frequency Range Estimates in Children

1989; American Speech–Language–Hearing Association; Volume: 54; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1044/jshd.5403.429

2163-6184

Alan R. Reich, Julie A. Mason, Robert R. Frederickson, Robert S. Schlauch,

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Selected elicitation conditions were manipulated to determine their effect on fundamental frequency (F o ) range estimates in children. Forty normal children each responded to five autiotaped tone conditions: (a) discrete steps, (b) slow steps, (c) fast steps, (d) slow glissando, and (e) fast glissando. These tonal stimuli were devised to elicit each child's maximal and minimal F o . The traditional discrete-steps condition was associated with a lower maximal F o , higher minimal F o , and a more restricted F o range than all other conditions.